Alan Rickman
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Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (21 February 1946 – 14 January 2016) was an English actor and director, known for playing a variety of roles on stage and screen, often as a complex antagonist. Rickman was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company performing in both modern and classical theatre productions. His first major television role came in 1982, but his big break was his role as the Vicomte de Valmont in the stage production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses in 1985, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award. Rickman gained wider notice for his film performances as Hans Gruber in Die Hard and Severus Snape in the Harry Potter film series.
Rickman's other film roles included the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Jamie in Truly, Madly, Deeply, Colonel Brandon in Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility, Harry in Love Actually, P.L. O'Hara in An Awfully Big Adventure, Alexander Dane in Galaxy Quest, and Judge Turpin in the film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's musical of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
In 1995, Rickman was awarded a Golden Globe Award, an Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his portrayal of Rasputin in Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny. He won a BAFTA Award for his role in Robin Hood. He was godfather to actor Tom Burke.
Rickman died of cancer on 14 January 2016 at the age of 69.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1978 | Romeo and Juliet | Tybalt | BBC Television Shakespeare |
1980 | Thérèse Raquin | Vidal | BBC serial |
1980 | Shelley | Clive | Episode No. 1.7 |
1982 | Busted | Simon | BBC TV film |
1982 | Smiley's People | Mr. Brownlow | Episode No. 1.2 |
1982 | Template:Sortname | The Rev. Obadiah Slope | BBC serial |
1985 | Summer Season | Croop | BBC TV series |
1985 | Girls on Top | Dimitri / Voice of RADA | CIT TV series |
1988 | Die Hard | Hans Gruber | |
1989 | Revolutionary Witness | Jacques Roux | BBC TV short |
1989 | Template:Sortname | Ed, the painter | |
1989 | Screenplay | Israel Yates | BBC TV series |
1990 | Quigley Down Under | Elliot Marston | |
1991 | Truly, Madly, Deeply | Jamie | |
1991 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Sheriff of Nottingham | |
1991 | Close My Eyes | Sinclair Bryant | |
1991 | Closet Land | The Interrogator | |
1992 | Bob Roberts | Lukas Hart III | |
1993 | Fallen Angels | Dwight Billings | TV series |
1994 | Mesmer | Franz Anton Mesmer | |
1995 | Die Hard with a Vengeance | Hans Gruber | Flashback |
1995 | Template:Sortname | P.L. O'Hara | |
1995 | Sense and Sensibility | Colonel Brandon | |
1996 | Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny | Grigori Rasputin | |
1996 | Michael Collins | Éamon de Valera | |
1996 | Castle Ghosts of Ireland | Tyde | Documentary |
1997 | Template:Sortname | Man in street (uncredited) | Also director and co-writer |
1998 | Judas Kiss | Detective David Friedman | |
1998 | Dark Harbor | David Weinberg | |
1999 | Dogma | The Metatron | |
1999 | Galaxy Quest | Alexander Dane/Dr. Lazarus | |
2000 | Help! I'm a Fish | Joe (voice) | |
2001 | Play | Man | |
2001 | Blow Dry | Phil Allen | |
2001 | Land of the Mammoth | Cro Magnon hunter | Documentary |
2001 | Template:Sortname | John Gissing | |
2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Severus Snape | Released in the U.S. and South Asia under the title Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Severus Snape | |
2002 | King of the Hill | King Philip (voice) | Episode: "Joust Like a Woman" |
2003 | Love Actually | Harry | |
2004 | Something the Lord Made | Dr. Alfred Blalock | |
2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Severus Snape | |
2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Severus Snape | |
2005 | Template:Sortname | Marvin the Paranoid Android (voice) | |
2006 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Antoine Richis | |
2006 | Snow Cake | Alex Hughes | |
2007 | Nobel Son | Eli Michaelson | |
2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Severus Snape | |
2007 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Judge Turpin | |
2008 | Bottle Shock | Steven Spurrier | |
2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Severus Snape | |
2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Absolem the Caterpillar (voice) | |
2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Severus Snape | |
2010 | Template:Sortname | Noel Odell (voice) | National Geographic documentary |
2010 | Template:Sortname | He | BBC Drama Production |
2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Severus Snape | |
2011 | The Boy in the Bubble | Narrator | Animated short film |
2011 | Back at the Barnyard | General Alien | Episode: "Aliens" |
2012 | Gambit | Lord Shahbandar | |
2013 | The Butler | Ronald Reagan | |
2013 | A Promise | Karl Hoffmeister | |
2013 | CBGB | Hilly Kristal | |
2013 | Dust | Todd | |
2015 | A Little Chaos | King Louis XIV | Also director and co-writer |
2015 | Eye in the Sky | Lieutenant General Frank Benson | |
2016 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Absolem the Caterpillar (voice) | Completed |